Hello, I have finished my first board using gEDA and will now sent gerber files to my board manufacturer. I will send data to www.bilex-lp.com, because they are cheap and accepting gerber files. (They seem to have only a homepage in german language)
The last two steps i have to do is to create a correct outline of my board and choose filesnames in a way people at www.bilex-lp.com will understand. I have two small boards (b1.pcb and b2.pcb) which i put together using "File->Load layout data to paste buffer" to file board.pcb. To get the outline, I added a new layer to this file called "outline" and draw the outline rectangle in this layer. I was not sure if I have to use a separate layer group for this outline layer. If i do not use a separate group, then the outline rectangle is drawn with copper. So I tried a separate group, but then gerber export produces an additional file ( board.group2.gbr) which contains not only the outline but other elements too. Here is the filelist generated by gerber export (pcb version 20060822): b1.pcb b2.pcb board.backmask.gbr board.fab.gbr board.frontmask.gbr board.frontpaste.gbr board.frontsilk.gbr board.group0.gbr board.group1.gbr board.group2.gbr board.pcb board.plated-drill.cnc board.unplated-drill.cnc These files are available at http://www.ssalewski.de/board.tar.gz My questions: What is the right way to generate the outline for the board producer? Should I rename the gerber files? (I think name of board.group0.gbr should be board.front.gbr, this name was used in pcb documentation) Should I send all .gbr and .cnc files to board fabricator? Is it necessary to send more informations to board fabricator? Thanks Stefan Salewski _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user